Today is going to be yet another one of those “spit out what we did today” posts. Tomorrow morning we’re leaving for my sister’s place near Chicago to spend a day with her and the family sledding, hanging out, and eating sushi. We’ll be leaving Green Bay around 5:30 a.m. for the 4.5 hour drive, which should put us there around 10 a.m. So in the interest of us getting some sleep tonight before that barbaric hour of the morning, I’m going to keep it short and sweet.
We stopped for lunch at Panera Bread for a salad and bowl of soup in the afternoon. Panera is probably one of the most unhealthy places ever for a salad or bowl of soup (with the exception of the ever fabulous and astronomically fattening Olive Garden, which we tried first but were discouraged by the 25 minute wait…at 2 p.m. on a Tuesday….) – but whatever, it was delicious and I’ve been suffering from a serious lack of vegetables lately, so a hearty dose of veggies of any kind was totally necessary. We strolled the mall for a little while then caught a matinee showing of Little Fockers where we savored a few bites of solid gold (or significantly overpriced movie theatre popcorn, if you prefer). Reviewers only gave it a half of a star and basically slammed it in any and all ways possible, but I tend to not trust reviewers and like to formulate my own opinions, so we went anyway. And you know what? It wasn’t that bad. We laughed. The cast is packed full of talented personalities and it’s a fun family story. It’s nothing I recommend blowing twenty bucks to rush out and see, but worth a rental one night after it hits DVD. Honestly, you wouldn’t have even had to see Meet the Parents or Meet the Fockers to understand the third movie. After the movie we met up with our best man from the wedding, Barnie, and his wife Michelle for dinner at Maria’s – a Mexican restaurant in Green Bay. It was great to see them again and to catch up. Tonight we’ll be hitting the hay early, so that’s all I’ve got for today folks (and no entertaining pictures, sorry), but I promise amusing posts will return in the future. In the meantime, hope your week is going well and that you are all looking forward to the bright new year ahead.
